Guest ljb107 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Hi Everyone I've been using normal grit mixed with oystershell grit alongside red minerals and black minerals for a while but it is very fine and should be used for cage birds. What brands of grit do you use that is more suitable for pigeons (quite coarse)? Thanks Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Natural brand mixed grit with redstone £8.50 for 20kg sack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIGEON_MAN Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I usually buy Matrix or the new Versele-laga All in one which as all the grits minerals etc in it,but I must admit most of the time I forget to give them any it really makes me wonder if it is really necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATTY BHOY Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 kilpatricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Owen Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Apart from the fact that pigeons must have grit to break down their food they also require the calcium from it. The calcium and sunshine will allow the bird to make enough vitamin "D" to avoid it having rickets. That is why redstone grit is not much good to pigeons. If you feed brown skinned grain such as beans and peas the birds need clay blocks to deal with the tannin in the brown skins which can be a poison. Any good oyster shell and lime stone grit will do fine but it must be fresh every day because a pot of dusty grit stuck in the corner will not be very attractive to the birds and they need to continually take grit for the sake of their health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie1234 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 matrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest robscott Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 i always found the birds wouldnt touch the crushed shell grit,i used to give em red grit they loved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just ask me Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 i feed as many kinds as possible mixed together apart from the health benefits the birds really seem to enjoy fresh grit every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulkie Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 mixed grits and matrix not a lot as they will eat it till it is finishedand makes them drink a lot more which in turn gives them watery droppings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lambrechts31 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 MATRIX AND PICK STONE,S....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I like the Scheemacker mixed grit,found it to be the one the birds pick most of the contents.Noticed with others they tend to leave one thing or another. I give them it fresh in the loft everyday and throw it out in front of the loft when changing.No bets for guessing where they like it best in a clean tray in the loft or lying outside on the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stb- Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 I like the Scheemacker mixed grit,found it to be the one the birds pick most of the contents.Noticed with others they tend to leave one thing or another. I give them it fresh in the loft everyday and throw it out in front of the loft when changing.No bets for guessing where they like it best in a clean tray in the loft or lying outside on the ground?well its certainly not done you any harm across the channel then am going tae throw my grit in the garden the morra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 well its certainly not done you any harm across the channel then am going tae throw my grit in the garden the morra Av an old sleeper I sit on outside the loft when its dry and throw them titbits.They've no had any titbits since March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stb- Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Av an old sleeper I sit on outside the loft when its dry and throw them titbits.They've no had any titbits since March a hope yer sleepers no been washed away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 a hope yer sleepers no been washed away It'd take a hell of a lot to wash this thing away.Had the gypsy up one Saturday taking away some rubbish,if he cannae get it on his motor it would have to be a natural disaster to move it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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